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Black mamba
Dendroaspis polylepis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🐍
Boomslang
Dispholidus typus
Reptiles · Least concern
One clip names both of them
1,143 views between them.
Black mamba outweighs Boomslang 8.2× — 30.8 kg against 3.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
31 kg
🐍 Black mamba · AnAge
3.77 kg
🐍 Boomslang · AnAge
Body length
4.25 m
🐍 Black mamba · ReptTraits
1.85 m
🐍 Boomslang · ReptTraits
Maximum lifespan
26 yr
🐍 Black mamba · AnAge
8.7 yr
🐍 Boomslang · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Serpentes (infraorder), home to 4,156 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.